Richard Oakes (activist)
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Richard Oakes was a Mohawk American Indian activist and academic. He spurred American Indian studies in university curricula and is credited for helping to change US federal government termination pol
Richard Oakes
Graffiti from the occupation, featuring a Navajo greeting, "Yata Hey"
Akwesasne
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The Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne is a Mohawk Nation territory that straddles the intersection of international borders and provincial boundaries on both banks of the St. Lawrence River. Although divided
Richard Oakes (activist)
…unity among all American Indian tribes. Richard Oakes was born on May 22, 1942, on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, a location known in Mohawk as Akwesasne, the US portion of a reservation that spills into Canada across the St. Lawrence River. Like many of his ancestors, Oakes spent most of his childhood…
Road sign in Akwesasne